Headline inflation (year-on-year) in the OECD, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 6.2% in September 2023 from 6.4% in August, following increases in July and August. Inflation fell between August and September in 27 OECD countries. In...
Between 2016 and 2020 exports and imports from the Western Balkans increased by 4.4 billion and 3.9 billion euros respectively, despite the decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the trade surplus was 7.9 billion euros. The economies...
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the OECD grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2023, at the same pace as the previous quarter. In the G7, quarterly GDP growth rose to 0.6% in the third quarter, from 0.4% in the...
The share of GDP that goes to health remains above the pre-pandemic level of 8.8%, even if in 11 OECD countries, in 2022 it is expected to have fallen below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. According to the OECD Statistics database...
The Albanian economy, regardless of the situation outside its borders, is vulnerable, as it has left areas of its sovereignty not to be an influencing factor in cases of outbreaks of military and economic crises. The fact that the oil...
In Albania, salary benefits for an employee moving more than 100 km from the workplace are determined by the Labor Code and the employer's internal policies. Benefits and salary increases for an employee moving more than 100 km depend on...
"Tax Systems in the Western Balkans, 2023" (in Albanian) is a paper based on the examination of the tax legislation in the practice of 2022 and compared with the report of previous years with the same theme of fiscal policies. This...
Adequate tax revenues are necessary to guarantee the continuation of the country's reformation, but also to meet the growing social costs. Taxes and taxes should, more than before, enable public authorities to actively contribute to the pursuit of economic, social,...
According to Report about Tax Burden 2022 from ALTAX, in 2022, on average in the Western Balkans region, governments generated revenues to the extent of 34.8% of GDP. This represents a percentage like the level raised in OECD countries...
Tax and non-tax revenues in the budget in 2022 in relation to the internal production of the Region for 2022 for each of the 7 regions in Kosovo are presented in table 36. The tax burden is a product of the...
